A New ShopRite for Elmwood Park
A proposed
redevelopment of the
Kmart (ex-Grandway) in the city formerly known as East Paterson consists of a standalone 64,000 square foot ShopRite supermarket on the property of the department store, which hasn't even officially closed yet. The next block west on Broadway was previously the site of the famous
Grand Union supermarket and offices, now demolished for a strip mall. The next block west after that contains a Pathmark-turned-ACME that must be thrilled about the ShopRite coming...
Something's Up in Dunellen
But we don't know what yet. The Crossroads Companies have announced a transit-centered
development in downtown Dunellen to be anchored by a large supermarket (size unspecified). Love the competition map on the second page -- still lists A&P and Pathmark alongside the brand-new South Plainfield ShopRite, still has the old Stop & Shop logo, and forgoes the
correct Tropical Supermarket logo for that of the Florida chain Sabor Tropical.
I haven't even heard that the Elmwood Park KMart was going to shut down. And that location is pretty much in between two other Shoprites(Fair Lawn and Paramus.) And on the note of the Fair Lawn Shoprite, I hve been saying they should move into the former Fair Lawn Pathmark since they went out, the location is bigger than their current location, which is in desperate need of a renovation.
ReplyDeleteNeither did I, which is a little strange. But it's a Kmart, so I guess its life is limited anyway. I agree about the Fairlawn ShopRite -- the real estate company that owns the Pathmark says there's a 70,000 square foot tenant taking over the old Pathmark but hasn't released a name yet. I wouldn't be surprised if it is the ShopRite.
DeleteI guess Shoprite just really enjoys putting the nail in the coffin for it's competitors. It's too bad, that KMart wasn't too awful, and from what I've seen, actually got decent crowds. But KMart is just killing itself at this point. And my only concern with the Shoprite moving, is that we'll be left with another vacancy, which was my concern with the Wayne location moving to the old Wayne Hills Mall, why fill a vacancy by causing another vacancy? But the Wayne location is in better condition than Fair Lawn.
DeleteI think that a Walmart will do great in that locations, since there are already two shoprites in between and an acme just down the block.
ReplyDeletePutting this here, because I didn't know where else to, but as previously suspected, I'm fairly certain that the Shoprite is the supermarket tenant taking over the former Pathmark in Fair Lawn, because apparently they are relocating:
ReplyDeletehttps://crossroads-companies.com/property/1717-river-road/
There's still no official announcement, but who else could it be at this point?
Funny you should mention this now! Yes, you're right. I was just recently writing up the same thing for an upcoming post on the Fair Lawn ShopRite. I can't believe that store is as large as it is (almost 55,000 square feet) because it sure feels much smaller inside. Thanks for posting the link!
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